Little Omar

"Little Omar" Yacef (1944-8 October 1957) was an Algerian FLN militant and the nephew of FLN leader Saadi Yacef.

Biography
Omar Yacef was born in 1944 in the Casbah of Algiers to a Berber family, and he was the nephew of Saadi Yacef. Because he was raised in Yacef's large house, he met FLN leaders such as Abane Ramdane, Rabah Bitat, and Krim Belkacem, and he became a liaison between the FLN fighters and their leaders during the Battle of Algiers in 1957. On 8 October 1957, he was killed by the French Army when they blew up a wall in the Casbah, behind which hid Little Omar, Ali La Pointe, Hamid Bouhamidi, and Hassiba Ben Bouali.